Archive for the ‘Flu / Cold / SARS’ Category
Monday, December 1st, 2008
November 11 -- Running contrary to what is occurring elsewhere in the world, the number of drug-resistant tuberculosis cases in the United States has declined dramatically in the past 15 years. But U.S. government officials caution that the more than 13,000 other cases of TB in America in 2007 ...
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Monday, December 1st, 2008
November 9 -- People who get their annual flu shot may reap an extra benefit: a reduction in their risk of developing a blood clot.The benefit appeared stronger in those under the age of 52, according to research that was presented Sunday at the American Heart Association's annual scientific ...
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Monday, December 1st, 2008
November 7 -- Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis , is becoming more common and more deadly than previously thought, new research shows.People with XDR-TB are three times more likely to die than patients with other forms of multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis , according to the findings, published in the second November issue of ...
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Monday, December 1st, 2008
November 4 -- Snakebites pose an important but neglected threat to global public health, new research claims.The comprehensive study, published in this week's PLoS Medicine, estimates that at least 421,000 poisonings and 20,000 deaths from snakebites occur annually, while suggesting the numbers could be as much as four times ...
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Monday, December 1st, 2008
November 4 -- Too few American adolescents with asthma and other high-risk illnesses are getting flu shots, a new study finds.Researchers analyzed vaccination rates from 1992 to 2002 for 18,703 adolescents with asthma, cardiac disease, immune system disorders and other conditions.During the study period, vaccination rates improved, but only ...
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Monday, December 1st, 2008
November 4 -- Women's hands have a veritable United Nations of germs compared to men's, a new study finds.But both genders house vastly more bacteria on their palms than previously suspected, according to a new study from University of Colorado researchers that appears in this week's issue of the ...
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Monday, December 1st, 2008
October 31 -- Media coverage greatly influences how people perceive the threat of infectious diseases, Canadian researchers say.For example, diseases that receive extensive coverage are likely to be regarded as especially dangerous by the public, even if that isn't the case."The media tend to focus on rare and dramatic ...
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Monday, December 1st, 2008
November 11 -- There's not enough evidence to support a recent American Heart Association call to automatically screen heart patients for depression, according to international experts who contend the "premature" recommendation would consume a vast amount of resources without any proof it would improve patient care.About 80 million ...
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Monday, December 1st, 2008
October 28 -- The death rate among people hospitalized for pneumonia was one-third lower for those taking statins than for those not taking the cholesterol-lowering drugs, a Danish study found.While the findings are preliminary and offer hope, more research is needed before doctors can prescribe statins as infection fighters, ...
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Monday, December 1st, 2008
October 27 -- Calcium channel blocker drugs, which are widely prescribed for coronary conditions, might reduce the effect of the clot-preventing drug Plavix, a new study says.Calcium channel blockers appear to inactivate an enzyme essential for the activity of Plavix, said the report by Austrian physicians published online Oct. ...
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Monday, December 1st, 2008
October 10 -- If you're worried about reducing your risk of heart disease, you probably already know that you should quit smoking, eat a healthful diet, exercise regularly, keep your blood pressure in check, and make sure your cholesterol levels aren't too high.But, do you know what your lipoprotein ...
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Monday, December 1st, 2008
November 24 -- A transfusion of fresh red blood cells -- emphasis on the word "fresh" -- may help cancer patients better avoid cancer recurrence and improve their odds of long-term survival, a new report suggests.The study, presented in the December issue of Anesthesiology, is based on research into ...
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Monday, December 1st, 2008
November 21 -- The cancer-fighting pill Iressa works as well as chemotherapy as a second-line treatment for lung cancer, researchers report.Although neither therapy prolongs survival beyond eight months, Iressa causes fewer serious side effects and may be a better choice for patients who did not do well on ...
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Monday, December 1st, 2008
November 20 -- Colorectal cancer screening detects 40 percent of cancers and should be carefully planned to be more effective, say Finnish Cancer Registry researchers.They studied 106,000 people, aged 60 to 64, to determine how sensitive Finland's colorectal cancer screening program was in identifying unrecognized disease. Half the people ...
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Monday, December 1st, 2008
November 20 -- New research on mice suggests inhibiting a protein that allows certain tumor cells to refuel may prove to be key to cancer-fighting treatments.A study by Pierre Sonveaux and colleagues at Universit catholique de Louvain, in Belgium, found that tumor cells use different fuel sources depending on ...
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